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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. procrastination

    Synonyms:
    dilatoriness, delay

    Antonyms:
    timeliness, punctuality, promptitude, alacrity

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. procrastination, cunctation, shillyshallynoun

    the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

    Synonyms:
    dilatoriness, cunctation, shillyshally

  2. dilatoriness, procrastinationnoun

    slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

    Synonyms:
    dilatoriness, cunctation, shillyshally

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 2 votes

  1. procrastinationnoun

    Synonyms:
    dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "procrastination":

    indecision, foot-dragging, delay, indecisiveness, hesitation, postponement, delaying

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#3446delay
#25748hesitation
#27159delaying
#37135procrastination
#42034postponement
#57467indecision
#191109indecisiveness

How to use procrastination in a sentence?

  1. Marco Gonçalves:

    The bearish sentiment that resulted in procrastination over deals at the start of the year has virtually vanished, we feel that announcements are finally gaining momentum.

  2. Tim Pychyl:

    Guilt is the No. 1 emotion correlated with procrastination.

  3. Nicki Ley:

    Procrastination is self-induced torture, often void of physical agony. It still hurts.

  4. Author Unknown:

    Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

  5. Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827:

    If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.


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